| 6/17/2008 | We Need a New War on Cancer - U.S. News & World Report
Dr. Bernadine Healy's column discusses that strategically ramping up work in cancer genomics and a newer area of exploration, cancer stem cells, is what will lead to improved treatments, provided the money, talent, and technological resources are there. Greg Simon's testimony before the Senate HELP committee is mentioned. |
| 5/19/2008 | Nonprofits Become Funding Source for Smaller Biotechs - BioWorld Financial Watch
In their search for cures, many nonprofit disease foundations are playing the role of investor, funneling research dollars to biotechnology companies. But unlike a venture capital firm, these donor-based patient advocacy groups don't expect a financial return on their "investment" in return for research grants. |
| 5/16/2008 | Microsoft, Google Join Health Care Field - Investors Business Daily
Analysts see promise and problems in online health efforts by Google and Microsoft. Still in testing, Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault aim to give Web surfers a place to store medical records from their doctors, plus lab results and more. The sites will also give users tools to help keep in good health. |
| 5/15/2008 | FasterCures President Greg Simon Testifies to U.S. Senate HELP Committee on Cancer Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century - NewsRX
FasterCures President Greg Simon joined other leaders in the cancer community at a HELP Committee hearing on cancer challenges and opportunities in the 21st Century. His testimony addressed the need to focus our national medical research enterprise on curing diseases, not just studying them. |
| 5/30/2007 | BioBank Central Launches Online Forum to Drive Global Connectivity Among Biobanking Community - PRNewswire via COMTEX
BioBank Central launches online forum to drive global connectivity among biobanking community - Forum will raise key issues in the field of biobanking that are impeding the advancement of personalized medicine |
| 4/18/2007 | Redstone Commits to Charities - Variety
Sumner Redstone, the 83-year-old controlling shareholder of Viacom and CBS, announced he has committed $105 million in donations to advance cancer treatment and burn recovery at three nonprofit health care organizations. |
| 12/13/2006 | Report: Include Research in NHIN - Government Health IT
FasterCures releases report which focuses on the importance of giving researcher's access to EHRs and genomic database information in order to accelerate the discovery of new therapies to treat diseases. |
| 10/30/2006 | ETFs That Target Disease - BusinessWeek
BusinessWeek profiles a new set of exchange-traded funds that will allow investors to funnel dollars into specific disease categories. |
| 9/25/2006 | Bets on Biotech - U.S. News and World Report
A look at how the nonprofit world is beginning to get involved in financing for-profit drug ventures. |
| 9/1/2006 | Clinical trial data: to disclose or not to disclose? - Nature Biotechnology
A look at The Enhancing Drug Safety and Innovation Act of 2006, which calls for the establishment of a mandatory clinical trials registry and results database, and whether or not it will accomplish the stated goal of bolstering the public's confidence in the drug industry and the FDA. |
